Halsted Bernard

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Halsted’s Quotes

“It’s lovely when writers I like like each other.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

tags: writers

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“The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

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“We are not men. We are women. We feel more deeply, express our emotions more frequently, and get moody monthly. It’s normal. It’s nature’s way. And we don’t necessarily have to medicate away the essence of who we are to make others more comfortable.”
― Julie Holland, Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, The Sleep You're Missing, The Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy

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“They’re kids. If they understood risks, they wouldn’t join uprisings and march in the streets and the world would be a simpler place. Not a better one, of course. But simpler.”
― Cory Doctorow, Radicalized

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“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

tags: culture, feminism, gender-equality, humanity, women

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BANC book club — 3 members — last activity Aug 22, 2010 08:13PM
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Micro.blog Friends — 6 members — last activity Dec 15, 2019 07:06PM
A group for users of https://micro.blog to discuss and share books. This group has no official affiliation with micro.blog, Manton Reece, etc.. It is ...more

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Virtual Writers — 2341 members — last activity Jan 21, 2026 06:29AM
Helping readers and writers connect. Virtual Writers is a popular online writers’ community committed to showcasing established and emerging writers ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26884 members — last activity 23 hours, 13 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

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